Students
will describe the structure of a story by identifying its beginning, middle,
and end. Students will compose a narrative with details that describe
characters’ actions, thoughts, and feelings. Learners will identify ways in
which people make decisions based on their needs and wants.

Target
Standards:

Reading Literature:

RL.2.3:
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

RL.2.5:
Describe the overall structure, including describing how the beginning
introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

Writing:

W.2.3:
Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short
sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and
feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of
closure.